The Timbers (5-5-2) have the best home record in MLS, going 5-1 at Jeld-Wen Field. Their 0-4-2 mark on the road includes a season-opening 3-1 clobbering against the Rapids in Commerce City.

“Colorado has a good squad of players,” Portland coach and former Rapids star John Spencer, below, said this week. “They deserved the championship last year. We’re expecting to see the MLS champions, so we need to be ready for that and be up for the game.”